Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Here are some more Halloween Costumes for Pumpkin. There is a nurse, an Egyptian, a fairy and a witch. I am still working on more outfits. I have not tested these outfits to see if they fit well but I will later and fix anything if necessary.

Monday, October 29, 2012

I did not post the whole set because it is still rather new, published by Dover, artist is Tom Tierney. I was pleasantly surprised by the set, which had a nice mix of pop culture vampires and traditional vampires. I thought it would be appropriate to post this for Halloween.

Ratings: Out of 10
Base: 8.5 the faces are a little scary
Clothing: 9 lovely range of costumes and characters
Accessories: 8.5 faces for costumes are cool
Cover: not shown, 8 cover is various dolls from the book
Color: 9 skin tones are well done
Shading/Texture: 9 good details and patterns
Overall:8.6 of 10

Sunday, October 28, 2012

This little tiny doll is from the set, Little Orphan Annie and Mickey Cut-Out paper doll book from Whitman 1931. I have the rest of the set, but Annie is too tall for my scanner so it will be a while until I scan the whole set. The set I have has duplicate accessories, including another set of this doll. Her clothes match Annie's outfits.

Ratings: Out of 10
Base: 8 off cut, lots of red on left side
Clothing: 9 outfits match Annie dolls
Accessories: 7 a few hats, doll is an accessory to larger set
Cover: N/A
Color: 9 good range of colors, lots of yellow
Shading/Texture: 8 clothes are a little flat
Overall:8.2 of 10

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Here is another Halloween card. This one has four costumes; a black cat, a gypsy, a princess, and a witch. I am still working on more clothing for my Halloween doll Pumpkin. Til then, enjoy this card and other post.
gift, automatic 10 of 10

Friday, October 26, 2012

Here is the first page of my Halloween Paper Doll. Her name is Pumpkin. She has four costumes, a super hero, a princess, a jack-o-lantern, and a cave girl. More costumes will be coming soon, (hopefully before Halloween!). For more Halloween paper dolls click here
Description:computer drawn doll
Name: Pumpkin Date:2012 Publisher:none
Artist:Melissa Smith aka MissMissy
Format:single page (more costumes available)
Condition: uncut

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Here is a very cute girl from the magazine Doll News drawn by Maryanne Oldenburg. She is going to a wedding. I have a few other magazine paper dolls I may post later. Most magazine paper dolls I've seen are two pages. This one has 3 outfits and hair accessories along with an extra set of shoes.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

This is a Belgian paper doll, date unknown. This doll came with a story. I changed the dog's name to Spot because his name was a slang word for 'black' but the book was older so I'm sure it was not controversial when it was written. The typos and grammatical errors are as they are in the book.

One day Jenny was very upset.She went upstairs and downstairs, into one
room and then another, opening and shutting doors.Finally she went into Daddy’s study. “what do
you want?” he asked.“Do you know where
Mummy is?I’ve lost something.”

But Daddy
didn’t know so Jenny went into the kitchen and looked under the table and
chairs but still she couldn’t find what she was looking for, so she went out
into the garden and started looking along the path and in the flower border.

Can you
guess what Jenny was looking for?It was
her dolly’s shoe!Francine, her doll,
had only one shoe on – it was a dainty little white shoe with black laces but
one little shoe is no good.Jenny simply
couldn’t take her doll out with only one shoe.But what could have happened to it?It couldn’t have flown away- it didn’t have any wings.Perhaps the wind had blown it away- but there
hadn’t been much wind lately.What if Spot
the big black dog had eaten it!Jenny
looked at Spot and Spot looked at Jenny, but she couldn’t tell if he had a
doll’s shoe inside him and Spot couldn’t tell her.Perhaps her pussy-cat had taken it, thinking
it was a mouse!

“You’ll
find it,” said her mother.“Don’t worry-
it’ll turn up.”

And Mummy
was right- because, all of the sudden, Jenny cried out excitedly.She’d just seen something white by the edge
of the path- it was Francine’s shoe, rather damp with dew, but otherwise quite
all right.And Jenny was just in time
because a large snail was coming towards It and he might have made a dirty mark
on it.Jenny ran back to tell Francine
the good news and before long her doll had both her little shoes on and was fit
to go out once more.

Francine
had come to Jenny in a very special way.One day Jenny and her mother had been going shopping and they went past
a large toyshop.In the window was this
beautiful doll with her arms stretched out.

“Oh look,
Mummy!Isn’t she adorable!” exclaimed
Jenny.“I’d love to have her!” Mummy
just smiled.Next to the doll was a
printed card which said”

I am called
Francine

I have real hair

I open and
close my eyes

I can be bathed

She was
just like a real baby.“Oh if only I
could have her!” said Jenny.

“Very well,
Jenny,” said Mummy. “You may have Francine on one condition.You must do better at school and bring home
some good reports instead of the bad ones you’ve been getting lately.”

Jenny had
been rather naughty at school.She was
quite a chatterbox and teacher had to keep telling her to stop talking during
lessons.When she still went on talking
teacher gave her a bad mark and her parents were very cross.“Oh Mummy- I will try to be better,” said
Jenny: “I promise you- I’ll bring home a good report.”

“Well you
must do your best,” said her mother: “Remember Francine is waiting here for you
to collect her but you can’t have her until you improve at school. It’s not too
difficult surely to keep your tongue still during lessons.”

One day
when Jenny went past the toyshop she was dismayed to see Francine had gone out
of the window.Oh dear!What if someone had bought her?She would never see Francine again.

At school
Jenny continued to try hard and she was so successful that one day the teacher
said” You are a different girl, Jenny.You don’t talk in class, you pay attention and even your handwriting has
improved.You are one of the best in the
class.”

That week
Jenny took home a splendid report. “Ten marks out of ten!”exclaimed her father when he saw it.“I can hardly believe it.Well done, Jenny!Go and show it to Mummy.”

“This is
marvelous!” said her mother.I knew you
could do it if you tried.Come and give
me a kiss.”

Then her
mother told her to come into the other room and see what was waiting for
her.Can you guess?Of course- it was Francine.It was Jenny’s mother who had bought Francine
and she had put her away until Jenny deserved to have her.

So that was
how Francine came to Jenny and she was such a pretty doll with her real hair,
pink cheeks and sweet smile.Jenny made
a big fuss of her, bathing her and combing her hair.

One day she
said to her mother, “I think Francine could do with some new clothes.I’m learning needlework at school so, if you
could give me some spare material, I think I could make her some dresses,
jackets, and coats.”

“What a
good idea!” said her mother, so between them they began to make a complete
outfit for Francine.

First came
a light coat, prettily trimmed with green and red, then a cosy dark blue coat
with a deep collar.Francine even had a
new hairdo!Sometimes Jenny made her
doll’s clothes to match her own and once, on her birthday, Francine was given a
dark skirt with jacket to match, with two rows of buttons and revers and a
collar made of leopard skin.With a
little piece of leopard skin left over Jenny’s mother made a handbag to match.

Another
outfit in which Francine looked very smart was a striped skirt and beautiful
pink blouse with full sleeves and buttoned cuffs.In Francine’s little white wood wardrobe
there still seemed to be plenty of room so Jenny planned to make several more
outfits.First there was a blazer, then
a waterproof anorak and a pair of blue slacks and a green pullover.For special occasions there was a fancy black
and white dress which was the latest fashion and Francine also had a beige
leather handbag with two compartments in it, one for her diary and one for her
handkerchief.

Jenny was
so proud of what she had down that she showed her father Francine’s different
outfits and he said, “My goodness! She is well off for clothes.And it’s all due to you!” “Don’t forget!
Mother had helped me quite a bit too,” said Jenny.

“There’s
just one thing,” said her father, “Francine doesn’t seem to have any
night-clothes!” Jenny was very surprise! Of course- she’d forgotten all about
them.However she set to straight way
and started to make a beautiful yellow dressing-gown and some pyjamas trimmed
with black ribbon. She even made a little sleeping-cap to match.

When
Francine went tot bed that night she wore her new nightclothes and spent a very
comfortable night.

Monday, October 22, 2012

I do not know who she is! If you know the name of this doll, please let me know. Cut set, bought from ebay with a few other items. I am currently working on a few projects, like my Halloween doll (will post soon), Lalaloopsy paper doll, and sorting through three boxes of vintage paper dolls I purchased (mentioned in previous post) I have 100 items cataloged from that purchase so far, not including all the misc. items and smaller sets. I still have a box and a half to go! I will start scanning after I am done cataloging, some very cute and exciting sets!

Edit: Thanks to Retha from paperdollsandtoys for helping identify the celebrity as Elaine Stewart. The set is from 1955.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Here's the girl from Queen Holden's 1943 set, "DRESS ME! Cut-out Dolls" published by Whitman. Also some BIG news! I recently bought three boxes of paper dolls from the collection of the late Alma Carmichael. I will be sorting and scanning these dolls soon and will try to post pictures as quickly as possible. I am very excited to be the new owner of this wonderful paper doll collection.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

I got these lovely girls from Ebay along with another few sets. I haven't been able to find any information about them as far as name of doll, date, or publisher. If anyone has any information about this set, please let me know. The dresses have letters representing each doll that are G L A M, so I like to call the set GLAM dolls.

Edit: I found half these dolls in a set called Bonnie Lassie, still not sure a date or publisher. The girl with the hearts is named Lynette and the girl in yellow is named Maureen. still not sure who G and A are.

Ok this is called Garden Party Paper dolls or Petticoat Girls the girls are Gayle, Lynette, Maureen and Amy.

Ratings: Out of 10
Base: 8.5 love the petticoats, girls are charming
Clothing: 8 good range of dresses, but just dresses
Accessories: 7.5 a few hats and purses
Cover: N/A
Color: 9 nice range of colors good use of pinks
Shading/Texture: 8 nice prints, could use a little more shadows
Overall:8.2 of 10

Ratings: Out of 10
Base: 9.5 the dolls are lovely, I like that she is not exactly like she is in the movie
Clothing: 9 lovely range of beautiful gowns
Accessories: 8.5 hats to match outfits
Cover: 10 the cover is beautiful drawing of the Prince dancing with Aurora
Color: 9 nice range of colors
Shading/Texture: 9.5 great textures, shading, and patterns
Overall:9.25 of 10

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About Me

Hello, call me Miss Missy. I collect and draw paper dolls. I also collect dolls like Barbie and lalaloopsy. I enjoy reading and watching horror movies. I also like anime, manga, comics, cartoons,toys, and many other things.